§ 7-1.2-1411.1. Foreign application for transfer of authority. (a) A duly authorized foreign corporation in the state of Rhode Island that converts into any form of foreign other entity subject to the provisions of title 7 and the resulting entity is required to file for authority to transact business in this state may apply for a transfer of authority in the office of the secretary of state by filing:

(1) An application for transfer of authority that has been executed and filed in accordance with the provisions of § 7-1.2-105; and

(2) An application for authority to transact business in the state of Rhode Island for the resulting entity type; and

(3) A certificate of legal existence or good standing issued by the proper officer of the state or country under the laws of which the resulting entity has been formed.

(b) The application for transfer of authority shall state:

(1) The name of the corporation;

(2) The type of other entity into which it has been converted; and

(3) The jurisdiction whose laws govern its internal affairs.

(c) Upon the effective time and date of the application for transfer of authority, the authority of the corporation authorized to transact business under this chapter shall be transferred without interruption to the other entity which shall thereafter hold such authority subject to the provisions of the laws of the state of Rhode Island applicable to that type of resulting entity.

History of Section. (P.L. 2012, ch. 71, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 79, § 1.)